“Man has ever expressed some symbolical Philosophy of his Being in his Works and Conduct”

—  Novalis

Novalis (1829)
Context: Man has ever expressed some symbolical Philosophy of his Being in his Works and Conduct; he announces himself and his Gospel of Nature; he is the Messiah of Nature.

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